He has the Steelers beating the Cleveland Browns and Houston taking it from the New England Patriots. Rock-T thinks Baltimore will win over Buffalo and DC will win against Arizona. He also mentioned that Jacksonville will win over the Giants. Who do you have winning this week?

1. Standing Up Against The NFL

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The irony of the NFL owners’ action is that *they have now hyper-politicized the anthem, for not just every black player and ally, but every potential anthem singer or Super Bowl halftime performer. That few minutes before a game will now look like a forced nationalistic display.

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💡Remember, this entire series of events w/ the NFL has unfolded as result of one Black athlete making a personal decision not to stand for the anthem b/c he feels the nation is not living up to its claims of freedom & democracy. 2/

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Caps on: TO ALL NFL PLAYERS SLAVERY WAS ABOLISHED WITH THE 13TH AMENDMENT. THE FANS COME AND SEE YOU PLAY PAY TO SEE YOU PLAY YOU ALL NEED TO STRIKE. WHAT IS FOOTBALL WITH OUT ITS TEAM SHOWING UP ON THE FIELD TRUMP IS TRYING TO CONTROL THE NFL LIKE A SLAVE MASTER AND THATS WRONG

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Today’s decision by the NFL is a win for racist bigots like you and Donald Trump. To suppress the players right to peacefully protest is unAmerican and it’s shameful that you are logging such a reprehensible, racist decision. You disgust me!

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by this i mean the people who run the nfl, the people who are dedicated to policing players’ bodies & voices, the people who are complicit in police violence while the majority of the players in their industry are black

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The new anthem policy states that players "shall stand and show respect for the flag and anthem." Issue with this: it implies that those that kneeled weren't respecting the flag. Furthering the false idea that the protests were about the flag. The protests are about injustice.

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White supremacy is a helluvah drug. Straight brainwashing. Look how easily they convinced a large portion of the white population that: 1) the anthem should play every game2) the anthem is about “troops”3) kneeling is disrespecting “troops”4) NFL policy should punish kneeling

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The NFL plantation owners passed a policy to make patriotism mandatory for their property. Either pay deference to symbol of white nationalism - which is what the anthem is, or pay a price. This is the answer to the "win" in Georgia and the message couldn't be clearer.

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Endorsing the position of a snake-oil President* who continually attacks law enforcement for investigating him over players advocating against police brutality. #IllegalProcedurehttps://t.co/x9IAZqsSD8

#ImWithKap: Black Twitter Blasts NFL For New National Anthem Policy

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On Wednesday (May 23) to much dismay, the NFL issued a new policy regarding athletes kneeling during the National Anthem. Teams with players who don’t stand during the anthem will be fined.
Commissioner Roger Goodell wrote, “We want people to be respectful of the national anthem. We want people to stand — that’s all personnel — and make sure they treat this moment in a respectful fashion. That’s something we think we owe. [But] we were also very sensitive to give players choices.”
Sigh.
Clearly, folks took to Twitter to blast the NFL for violating these players’ right to protest.